124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
208 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
190 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
205 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
778 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
157 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
29 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
912 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
74 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
74 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
41 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
247 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2584 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1791 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1627 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2750 | Morohashi |
2082 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1613 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
401 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
186 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
- 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
- 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
- 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
- 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
Kun reading compounds
- 南 【みなみ】 south
- 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
- 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
- 西南 【せいなん】 south-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- Sur
Portuguese
- sul
French
- sud
1553 | 2001 Kanji |
2k7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
4022.7 | Four corner code |
1-38-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5357 | Unicode hex code |
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
36 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 部 【ブ】 department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club (at a school, university, etc.), team, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
- 部位 【ブイ】 part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)
- 情報部 【ジョウホウブ】 information bureau, intelligence department
- 首脳部 【シュノウブ】 executives, top management, governing body
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とり、 ふ、 ぺ、 ま
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- sección
- departamento
- parte
- copia
Portuguese
- seção
- biro
- departamento
- classe
- cópia
- parte
- porção
- sufixo para contagem de jornais ou revistas
French
- partie
- bureau
- service
- classe
- copie
- section
- portion
- compteur de copies (presse)
504 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
407 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
384 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
37 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4767 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
282 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
969 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1418 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
86 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
86 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
53 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
762 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2111 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1498 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1862 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39460 | Morohashi |
1676 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6146 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1845 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1988 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
52 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
386 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
444 | 2001 Kanji |
2d8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-3 | SKIP code |
1-8-2 | SKIP code |
0762.7 | Four corner code |
1-41-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
90e8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
292 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 町 【チョウ】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, street, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m), chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
- 町議会 【チョウギカイ】 town council
- 同町 【ドウチョウ】 the same town, that town
- 門前町 【モンゼンマチ】 town originally built around a temple or shrine
Kun reading compounds
- 町 【まち】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, downtown, main street, street, road
- 街角 【まちかど】 street corner
- 室町 【むろまち】 Muromachi period (1336-1573)
- 門前町 【もんぜんまち】 town originally built around a temple or shrine
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- pueblo
- ciudad
- bloque
- calle
Portuguese
- aldeia
- cidade
- bloco
- rua
French
- quartier
- ville
- village
- rue
115 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
61 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
57 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
114 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2995 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
167 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
221 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
426 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
182 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
182 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
549 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1335 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1430 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
756 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1028 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
93 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21735 | Morohashi |
1113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3729 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
92 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
96 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
63 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3653 | 2001 Kanji |
5f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
6102.0 | Four corner code |
1-36-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
753a | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7869 | Morohashi |
2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2277.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梨園 【リエン】 theatrical world
- 梨果 【リカ】 pome
- 鳳梨 【ホウリ】 pineapple
- 阿闍梨 【アジャリ】 high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest, initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon), monk who conducts religious services
Kun reading compounds
- 梨 【なし】 nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia), Japanese pear, Asian pear
- 梨狩り 【なしがり】 pear picking, harvesting pears
- 西洋梨 【せいようなし】 European pear (Pyrus communis), common pear
- 青梨 【あおなし】 Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis), Ussurian pear, Chinese pear
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- peral
- pera
Portuguese
French
- poire
1487 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1476 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2115 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1951 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3412 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2392 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
916 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14873 | Morohashi |
2744 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
907 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
973 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4a7.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
2290.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
68a8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
- 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
- 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あがた、 がた
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- prefectura
Portuguese
- Condado
- prefeitura (região)
French
- préfecture
- département
203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
291 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
273 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
195 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1362 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
381 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
226 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1252 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
194 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
194 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
336 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1380 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3269 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1687 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2294 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
126 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23210P | Morohashi |
2641 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3918 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
513 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
552 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
326 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1241 | 2001 Kanji |
3n6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2690.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
770c | Unicode hex code |